Acanthodactylus maculatus, known commonly as the spotted fringe-fingered lizard and the spotted fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to north-western Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. maculatus
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| Acanthodactylus maculatus (Gray, 1838)
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Geographic range
editA. maculatus is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.[1]
Habitat
editThe natural habitats of A. maculatus are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and sandy shores.[1]
Reproduction
editConservation status
editThe species A. maculatus is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Joger, U.; Geniez, P.; Miras, J.A.M.; El Hassan, M.; Tahar, S.; Nouira, S. (2006). "Acanthodactylus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61458A12471327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61458A12471327.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Acanthodactylus maculatus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species [Part I]". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 1 (4): 274–283. (Scapteira maculata, new species, p. 281).
- Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus maculatus, pp. 92–97, Figures 50–52, Map 19). (in English, with an abstract in German).
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